Skin exfoliating tool and kit

Abstract

A skin exfoliating tool and kit is provided wherein the tool includes an applicator wand and a drying tray. The wand features a gripping handle, a platform projecting circumferentially outward from the handle and a pliable pad attached to the platform. The wand nests in the drying tray, the latter being formed with a cavity for receiving the pad, the cavity being defined by a floor and an open mouth. The tray has at least one drainage orifice adjacent the floor. The kit incorporates the exfoliating tool in combination with a skin exfoliating composition that is formulated with abrasive particles in a carrier vehicle.

1. A skin exfoliating tool comprising:
 (i) a applicator wand comprising:
 a gripping handle comprising a hollow area therewithin; 
 a platform with upper and lower surfaces, the platform projecting outward from the handle, the platform and handle being unitarily molded; 
 a pliable pad attached to the platform, the pad being adjacent the lower surface and the handle being adjacent the upper surface; 
 a sealing disc separating the gripping handle from the pad to prevent fluid transport to the handle from the pad, the hollow area of the handle being sealed against ingress of the fluid by the sealing disc covering a mouth of the hollow area; and 
 
 (ii) a drying tray formed with a cavity for receiving the pad, the cavity defined by a floor and juxtaposed by an open mouth, the tray having at least one drainage orifice adjacent the floor, the tray being separable from the applicator wand. 
 
   
   
     2. The tool according to  claim 1  wherein the wand when positioned to nest within the drying tray allows a clearance between the tray floor and a downwardmost projecting abrading surface of the pad. 
   
   
     3. The tool according to  claim 1  wherein the at least one drainage orifice numbers from 3 to about 20 orifices. 
   
   
     4. A kit for exfoliating skin comprising:
 (A) a skin exfoliating composition comprising an effective amount of abrasive particles in a carrier vehicle; and 
 (B) a skin exfoliating tool comprising:
 (i) a applicator wand comprising:
 a gripping handle comprising a hollow area therewithin; 
 a platform with upper and lower surfaces, the platform projecting outward from the handle, the platform and handle being unitarily molded; 
 a pliable pad attached to the platform, the pad being adjacent the lower surface and the handle being adjacent the upper surface; 
 a sealing disc separating the gripping handle from the pad to prevent fluid transport to the handle from the gad, the hollow area of the handle being sealed against ingress of the fluid by the sealing disc covering a mouth of the hollow area; and 
 
 (ii) a drying tray formed with a cavity for receiving the pad, the cavity defined by a floor and juxtaposed by an open mouth, the tray having at least one drainage orifice adjacent the floor, the tray being readily separable from the applicator wand. 
 
 
   
   
     5. The kit according to  claim 4  wherein the wand when positioned to nest within the drying tray allows a clearance between the tray floor and a downwardmost projecting abrading surface of the pad. 
   
   
     6. The kit according to  claim 4  wherein the at least one drainage orifice numbers from 3 to about 20 orifices. 
   
   
     7. The kit according to  claim 4  wherein the floor has no drainage orifices. 
   
   
     8. The tool according to  claim 1  wherein the floor has no drainage orifices.